Table 4.3. Charter school legislation and number of charter schools operating, by state: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011

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State	Year law passed (2011–12)	Number of charter schools operating (2010–11)	State allows virtual charter schools (2009–10)¹		State allows extended learning time in charter schools (2008–09)²
Table 4.3. Charter school legislation and number of charter schools operating, by state: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011–12

United States	†	5,274	27	³	29	³

Alabama	†	†	†		†
Alaska	1995	27	Yes		No
Arizona	1994	519	Yes		Yes
Arkansas	1995	40	Yes		Yes
California	1992	908	Yes		Yes

Colorado	1993	168	Yes		Yes
Connecticut	1997	18	No		Yes
Delaware	1995	19	No		Yes
District of Columbia	1996	97	Yes		Yes
Florida	1996	458	No		Yes

Georgia	1994	67	Yes		Yes
Hawaii	1994	31	Yes		No
Idaho	1996	40	Yes		Yes
Illinois	1996	50	Yes		Yes
Indiana	2001	60	Yes		Yes

Iowa	2002	7	No		No
Kansas	1994	25	Yes		No
Kentucky	†	†	†		†
Louisiana	1995	78	No		Yes
Maine	2011	†	†		†

Maryland	2003	44	No		Yes
Massachusetts	1993	63	No		Yes
Michigan	1993	300	Yes		Yes
Minnesota	1991	176	Yes		Yes
Mississippi	2010	0	†		No

Missouri	1998	53	Yes		Yes
Montana	†	†	†		†
Nebraska	†	†	†		†
Nevada	1997	34	Yes		Yes
New Hampshire	1996	14	Yes		No

New Jersey	1995	76	No		Yes
New Mexico	1993	81	Yes		No
New York	1998	170	No		Yes
North Carolina	1996	99	Yes		Yes
North Dakota	†	†	†		†

Ohio	1997	339	Yes		Yes
Oklahoma	1999	18	Yes		Yes
Oregon	1999	108	Yes		Yes
Pennsylvania	1997	145	Yes		Yes
Rhode Island	1995	16	No		No

South Carolina	1996	44	Yes		Yes
South Dakota	†	†	†		†
Tennessee	2002	29	No		Yes
Texas	1995	561	Yes		Yes
Utah	1998	78	Yes		No

Vermont	†	†	†		†
Virginia	1998	4	No		No
Washington	†	†	†		†
West Virginia	†	†	†		†
Wisconsin	1993	207	Yes		No
Wyoming	1995	3	No		No
— Not available. † Not applicable. ¹ A virtual school, or cyber school, is a school that delivers academic instruction via the Internet or computer network to students in locations other than a classroom supervised by a teacher who is physically present. ²Extended learning time refers to public elementary and secondary schools (charter and non-charter) operating longer than six hours per day, and/or with a calendar year exceeding 180 days. ³The total reflects the number of "Yes" responses in the column. SOURCE: Measuring Up to the Model, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, retrieved April 2, 2012 from http://www.publiccharters.org/data/files/Publication_docs/NAPCS_2012_StateLawRankings_Final_20120117T162953.pdf; Public Charter School Dashboard, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, retrieved April 2, 2012 from http://www.publiccharters.org/dashboard/home; Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2010–11-First Look, National Center for Education Statistics, 2012. Data Source

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